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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a support for catalysts, containing silica and at least one constituent chosen from alumina and aluminum phosphate. It further relates to catalysts for the polymerization of olefins containing chromium on such a support, as well as to the use of these catalysts in the polymerization of olefins.
• This known support has a high degree of heterogeneity and therefore crystallizes very quickly when it is subjected to calcination at temperatures above 700 ° C. On the other hand, this support does not simultaneously combine a high specific surface with a high pore volume. As a result, this known support does not make it possible to manufacture chromium-based catalysts for the polymerization of olefins, which exhibit, at the same time, a high catalytic activity, a low period of induction of polymerization and a good response. with hydrogen.
• the invention overcomes these disadvantages by providing a new process, making it possible to obtain a support of homogeneous and amorphous structure, resistant to crystallization, having simultaneously a high pore volume and a high specific surface, and which, when used as a support for a catalyst with based on chromium in the polymerization of olefins, gives this catalyst all of the following advantages:
• the invention relates to a process for the preparation of a support for catalysts containing silica and at least one constituent chosen from alumina and aluminum phosphate, according to which, in a first step, an alcohol, water, a silicon alcoholate and an acid in amounts such that the water / silicon molar ratio is from 2 to 50, the first step being carried out at acid pH and comprising, on the one hand, addition of water, acid, silicon alcoholate and alcohol, the temperature, during the addition, being less than or equal to 30 ° C, and, on the other hand, a ripening of the hydrolysis medium thus obtained at a temperature at least equal to 20 ° C.
• the hydrolysis medium thus obtained, in a second step, an acid solution of an aluminum compound and / or a solution of a source of phosphate ions, and, in a third step, a gelling agent to form a precursor gel, then the precursor gel is washed with water and then with using an organic liquid, a suspension of the gel is collected in the organic liquid, then the suspension is subjected to drying until a powder is obtained, and the powder is calcined; according to the invention, the drying is carried out by atomization.
• the silicon alcoholate used in the first step can be any compound in which the silicon is linked to at least one alkoxy group, such as a linear, branched or aromatic or aliphatic alkoxy. cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, unsubstituted or substituted.
• the alkoxy groups usually comprise from 1 to 20 carbon atoms. Silicon alcoholates comprising alkoxy groups of the aliphatic type are especially recommended; those comprising unsubstituted saturated aliphatic alkoxy groups are preferred, such as, for example, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl and iso-butyl groups.
• silicon alcoholates are tetraethylate, tetra-methylate and silicon tetra-isopropylate. Very particularly preferred is silicon tetraethylate. It is of course possible to use several silicon alcoo ⁇ lates in the first step of the process according to the invention.
• the alcohol used in the first step has the function of dissolving the silicon alcoholate.
• any alcohol which dissolves the silicon alcoholate and which is miscible with water may be suitable. It is thus possible to use an alcohol whose hydrocarbon group can be saturated, unsaturated, aromatic or aliphatic, linear or cyclic, unsubstituted or partially or totally substituted. Linear aliphatic alcohols are preferred. Examples include ethanol, isopropanol and methanol. Most particularly preferred is ethanol. It goes without saying that several alcohols can be used simultaneously in the first step of the process according to the invention. An alcohol is preferably used, the hydrocarbon group of which corresponds to that of the alkoxy group of the silicon alcoholate used. - AT -
• the amount of alcohol used in the first step of the process according to the invention must be sufficient to allow complete dissolution of the silicon alcoholate and therefore depends on the silicon alcoholate and the alcohol selected, the solubility of the silicon alcoholate in alcohol and the temperature at which the first step is carried out. In practice, there is no point in using a quantity very much greater than the minimum quantity necessary, since a large excess would result in an unnecessary dilution of the mixture resulting from the first stage, which is to be avoided.
• the objective of the first step of the process according to the invention is (a) to partially hydrolyze the silicon alcoholate in the presence of water and (b) to partially condense the hydrolyzed silicon alcoholate, according to the following reactions: (a ) If (0-R) 4 + x H 2 0 -> If (0H) x (0-R) 4 _ x + x R-OH
• One of the essential characteristics of the process according to the invention is the combination of operating conditions, in the first hydrolysis step, such that any precipitation or gelification of silica in the hydrolysis medium is avoided.
• the mixing in the first stage is carried out under determined conditions concerning the pH and the temperature of the hydrolysis medium, the molar ratio of the quantities of water and of silicon alcoholate used, and the manner of mixing. reagents.
• the term “hydrolysis medium” is intended to denote the medium obtained after mixing water, acid, silicon alcoholate and alcohol.
• the pH of the hydrolysis medium is acidic. In general, the pH is less than 3, preferably from 0.5 to 2.5, for example approximately equal to 1.
• the acid used in the first step can be of mineral or organic nature. It is advantageously chosen from acids miscible with water and the anion of which is easily removable in a subsequent treatment of the precursor gel. It may for example be hydrochloric, nitric, phosphoric or sulfuric acid. Preferably hydrochloric acid or nitric acid is used. Hydrochloric acid is particularly suitable.
• Several acids can optionally be used in the first step of the process according to the invention. The amount of acid must be sufficient to maintain the acid pH for the duration of the first stage. The amount of acid therefore depends on the degree of acidity of the acid used as well as the other reagents, and on the temperature at which the first step is carried out. There is no point in using too high an amount of the acid to avoid having to eliminate, in a later stage of treatment of the precursor gel, the excess acid or its derivatives.
• the reagents can be mixed by any suitable known means, provided that the temperature during the addition of the reagents is at most equal to 30 ° C. and that no precipitation or silica gelation takes place.
• the mixing is carried out by adding a premix comprising water and the acid to a premix containing the silicon alcoholate and the alcohol. This can be done by adding the water / acid premix to the alcohol / silicon alcoholate premix.
• Another method is to add the alcohol / silicon alcoholate premix to the water / acid premix. Good results are obtained by adding one of the premixes drop by drop into the other premix maintained under stirring. Particularly satisfactory results are obtained by adding the water / acid premix, drop by drop and with stirring, to the alcohol / silicon alcoholate premix.
• the temperature is maintained, during the addition of the reagents, below 30 ° C., preferably below 20 ° C., typically around 10 ° C., temperatures above 0 ° C being recommended; then, the hydrolysis medium is subjected to ripening at a temperature at least equal to 20 ° C. and lower than the boiling temperature of the medium, for example from 30 to 100 ° C., the temperatures from 40 to 80 ° C. being the most common and those of 50 to 70 ° C being recommended.
• the ripening of the hydrolysis medium is carried out at a temperature higher than that of the addition of the reactants.
• the maturing has the function of allowing a gradual hydrolysis and condensation of the silicon alcoholate according to the reactions defined above. All other things remaining equal, the rate of hydrolysis of the alcoholate is all the higher (the number x is all the greater) the longer the duration of ripening.
• the duration of the ripening must therefore be sufficient for the hydrolysis reaction as described above to take place; however, it must be less than the time required for gelation or precipitation of silica to occur.
• the optimal duration of ripening depends on the pH of the hydrolysis medium, the nature of the reagents present in the hydrolysis medium and the temperature, and can vary from a few minutes to several tens of hours. In general, the duration does not exceed 24 hours.
• a titanium alcoholate is also used in the first step.
• the titanium alcoholate can for example be a compound in which the titanium is linked to at least one alkoxy group, such as a linear, branched or cyclic aromatic or aliphatic alkoxy, saturated or unsaturated, unsubstituted or substituted.
• the alkoxy groups usually comprise from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
• the titanium alcoholate is preferably soluble in the hydrolysis medium. Titanium acetylacetonate is particularly suitable. It is of course possible to use several titanium alcoholates in the first step of the process according to the invention.
• the titanium alcoholate can optionally be used in the form of a solution in a liquid hydrocarbon. Alcohols are fine.
• the amount of titanium alcoholate used in this embodiment is generally such that the titanium is present in the precursor gel in a proportion varying from 0.05 to 20% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 15% by weight, more particularly from 0.5 to 10% by weight of titanium based on the total weight of the solid fraction of the precursor gel.
• the titanium alcoholate can be used at any time in the first step.
• the titanium alcoholate can for example be added to the premix comprising water and acid, or to the premix containing silicon alcoholate and alcohol.
• the titanium alcoholate can be added to the hydrolysis medium obtained after mixing the water, the acid, the silicon alcoholate and the alcohol, before, during or after ripening. Good results are obtained when adding the titanium alcoholate during ripening. It is recommended to add the titanium alcoholate after a first part of the ripening, which advantageously represents from 40 to 60%, for example about 50 X, of the total duration of the ripening, the second part being carried out after the addition of the titanium alcoholate.
• This embodiment is especially advantageous when it is desired to incorporate the titanium into the precursor gel in a high amount, which can go up to 20% by weight of the total weight of the solid fraction of the precursor gel, while avoiding the formation, in a subsequent step, of agglomerates of crystalline titanium dioxide in the "anatase" or "rutile” form.
• the aluminum compound used in the second step of the process according to the invention can be any aluminum compound which is soluble in the acid solution used in the second step and which is capable of being gelled under the effect of a gelling agent.
• inorganic aluminum salts and aluminum alcoholates are especially recommended.
• the aluminum alcoholates those in which aluminum is linked to at least one alkoxy group are usually used.
• aluminum alcoholates those containing aliphatic groups are especially recommended; those containing unsubstituted saturated linear aliphatic groups are preferred, such as, for example, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl and iso-butyl groups.
• An aluminum alcoholate is preferably used, the alkoxy groups of which contain from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
• Aluminum alcoholates the alkoxy group of which corresponds to that of the silicon alcoholate used, are particularly suitable.
• inorganic aluminum salts Satisfactory results are obtained with inorganic aluminum salts.
• inorganic aluminum salts nitrate and aluminum chloride are particularly preferred.
• the latter is used, at least in part, in the first step of the method according to the invention, preferably, where appropriate, in the alcohol / silicon alcoholate premix.
• Aluminum alcoholate can also be added at the end of the first stage, after ripening.
• the source of phosphate ions denotes any compound soluble in the solution used. works in the second stage and likely to form phosphate ions there.
• the inorganic phosphate salts e.g. monocalcium phosphate of formula CaH 4 (P0 4> 2.
• the acid solution of the aluminum compound and the solution of the source of phosphate ions used in the second step of the process according to the invention can be prepared by any suitable known means and are preferably miscible with the mixture obtained with the first step of the method according to the invention.
• the source of phosphate ions is added beforehand to the acid solution of the aluminum compound so as not to be used, in the second step of the process according to invention, that only one solution, acid, simultaneously comprising the aluminum compound and the source of phosphate ions.
• the acid solution is usually obtained by dissolving the compound d aluminum in an amount of water and / or an alcohol, sufficient to ensure complete dissolution, and by adding an acid to it in an amount sufficient to avoid the formation of aluminum hydroxide, which would immediately precipitate and would therefore no longer participate in the formation of the precursor gel.
• Water is preferably used to dissolve the aluminum compound.
• solvent water or alcohol
• the acid used can be chosen from those which can be used in the first step of the process according to the invention.
• the acid solution contains only the source of phosphate ions and is free of aluminum compound
• the acid solution is generally prepared by dissolving the source of phosphate ions in a quantity of water and / or sufficient alcohol and preferably without excessive exaggeration for the reasons set out above.
• the source of phosphate ions gives an acid character to the solution, so that it is unnecessary to add an additional acid to the solution.
• the solution simultaneously contains the aluminum compound and the source of phosphate ions
• the acid solution is obtained by dissolving the compound of aluminum and the source of phosphate ions in any order in an amount of water and / or alcohol sufficient but without excessive exaggeration for the reasons set out above.
• the addition of the acid solution of the aluminum compound and the solution of the source of phosphate ions to the mixture obtained in the first step can for example be carried out by pouring the mixture resulting from the first step in one of the two solutions or in the mixture of these two solutions (the acid solution of the aluminum compound and the solution of the source of phosphate ions).
• the mixture of the two solutions can be added to the mixture resulting from the first step, in which case it is preferred to operate very slowly to prevent the medium thus obtained from heating up, by introducing the mixture of the two solutions drop by drop. in the medium, under strong agitation, the medium being thermostatically controlled at a temperature less than 30 ° C, typically less than or equal to 20 ° C, for example between 0 and 10 ° C throughout the duration of the addition.
• the gelling agent used in the third step of the process according to the invention is any compound capable of causing cogelification of the reagents used in the first and second step (the hydrolyzed and condensed silicon alcoholate derived from the first step and defined above, the aluminum compound and / or the source of phosphate ions and optionally the titanium alcoholate) in the form of a mixed oxide of silicon and aluminum and / or phosphorus and possibly titanium.
• a gelling agent mention may be made of ethylene oxide, ammonium carbonate and ammonium hydroxide. An aqueous solution of ammonium hydroxide is preferably used.
• the amount of gelling agent used in the third step is preferably sufficient to allow complete gelification of the hydrolyzed and condensed silicon alcoholate defined above, of the aluminum compound and of the phosphate compound present in the medium. cogelling.
• the term cogeli ⁇ cation medium is intended to denote the reaction mixture during gelation in the third step of the process.
• the coge ⁇ lification medium therefore comprises the medium obtained at the end of the second stage of the process according to the invention (comprising the hydrolyzed and condensed silicon alcohol alcohol, the aluminum compound and / or the source d 'phosphate ions) and the gelling agent.
• the amount of gelling agent used is advantageously sufficient to allow complete cogelling of the total mass of hydrolyzed and condensed silicon alcoholate, aluminum compound and source of phosphate ions; it is preferably slightly higher than this sufficient amount.
• the pH of the cogelling medium is generally greater than or equal to 5, typically greater than or equal to 6; it is usually less than 11, values less than 10 being recommended.
• the pH is kept constant at a value of 6 to 10, for example 8, throughout the duration of the co-gelation.
• PH consistency can be ensured by any suitable known means, for example by using an inert buffer with respect to the reagents being gelled, or by using an installation allowing a controlled, continuous or continuous feeding, of a compound modifying the pH, in the cogeli ⁇ cation medium.
• a container containing the gelling agent is preferably used, into which the mixture from the second step and a pH-regulating compound are introduced separately and in a controlled manner.
• a pH regulating compound any acidic or basic compound which is inert with respect to the reagents being gelled can be used.
• the cogelification medium in the third step of the process according to the invention, it may prove advantageous, depending on the properties of the precursor gel that it is desired to obtain, to thermostatically control the cogelification medium at a temperature lower than or equal to 30 ° C. preferably at a temperature of 0 to 20 ° C.
• a transition metal chosen from the elements of groups IVB and VB of the periodic table such as zirconium and vanadium, or an element of group IIIA of the periodic table, different from aluminum, such as boron.
• an organic or inorganic salt or an alcoholate of one of these elements is added to the mixture obtained in the first or in the second step of the process according to the invention, before carrying out the following step.
• the salt or the alcoholate can be added to the water / acid premix or to the alcohol / silicon alcoholate premix used in the first step of the process according to the invention.
• the gel from the third step is subjected to maturation.
• a maturing medium which can be the cogelling medium collected from the third step, possibly with stirring.
• An inert compound modifying the pH of the maturation for example a basic compound.
• the gel is first separated from the cogelling medium, for example by centrifugation, and then resuspended in an inert liquid such as water or alcohol to effect maturation.
• This variant has the advantage of eliminating part of the ionic impurities adsorbed in the gel, originating from the reagents used during the manufacture of the gel.
• the maturation has the function of prolonging the cogelification and thus modifying the specific surface and the pore volume of the gel. It is usually carried out at a temperature which can vary from room temperature to the boiling point of the ripening medium. It is preferably carried out at approximately 20 ° C.
• the duration of maturation depends on the temperature and the properties (specific surface and pore volume) required of the support. It can therefore vary from a few minutes to several tens of hours. The best results are obtained with a duration of at least one hour. For economic considerations, there is no point in extending the maturation beyond 48 hours. Maturation is generally carried out at a pH greater than or equal to 6, preferably from 8 to 10.
• a precursor gel is collected which is then subjected to washing, first with water and then by means of an organic liquid.
• Washing with water generally consists of suspending the gel in an amount of water sufficient to remove at least part of the impurities contained in the gel, and then removing at least part of this amount of water by any suitable known means, for example by centrifugation or by filtration. It is preferably carried out by centrifugation taking into account the speed of this method. You can of course repeat this washing with water several times.
• the temperature at which this washing is carried out has little influence on the efficiency of the washing and can therefore vary widely. It is preferably carried out at room temperature.
• the washed gel is subjected to water, to washing with an organic liquid, for example by dispersing the gel in this organic liquid at room temperature. Washing with the organic liquid has the function of removing at least part of the water which permeates the gel.
• the organic liquid selected must be at least partially miscible with water, inert with respect to the gel but nevertheless capable of wetting the gel. It preferably has a vaporization temperature below 120 ° C, typically below 100 ° C, for example from 70 to 90 ° C.
• Organic liquids which can be used in this washing are alcohols, ethers or their mixtures. Alcohols are preferred, particularly those comprising from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Isopropanol works well. Of course, this washing can be repeated several times using an organic liquid, and several organic liquids can be used simultaneously. After washing, it is desirable to separate the gel from at least part of the water and the organic liquid used by centrifugation or by filtration.
• a suspension of the gel in the organic liquid is collected after washing with an organic liquid, which is subjected to spray drying in order to remove the water and the organic liquid which is not removed. previously, until a powder of the support is obtained in the form of atomized particles.
• the atomization can for example be carried out by spraying the suspension of the gel through a small orifice. It is generally carried out in a gas stream inert with respect to the gel.
• the gas stream is preferably free of oxygen.
• a gas stream comprising essentially nitrogen is very suitable.
• the temperature of the gas stream is most often above 100 ° C.
• temperatures of 150 to 450 ° C are recommended at the inlet of the atomization orifice, and 20 to 200 ° C (preferably 50 to 150 ° C) at the end of the atomization.
• the pressures greater than or equal to atmospheric pressure are preferred, values from 1 to 10 bar being the most recommended.
• the suspension of the gel can be introduced at room temperature (between 15 and 25 ° C) into the gas, the atomized particles usually being at the same temperature as the gas at the end of the atomization.
• a powder is obtained having a moisture content of less than 1% by weight, preferably less than 0.5% by weight, for example less than 0.2% by weight.
• Spray drying is particularly advantageous because it allows the morphology and porosity of the supports obtained to be optimized simultaneously, so that they are suitable for use as catalyst supports for the polymerization of olefins.
• the atomized particles are characterized, on the one hand, by a narrow distribution of dimensions, and on the other hand, by a narrow distribution of the pore rays and by a macropore content of radius greater than 2000 ⁇ reduced or even zero , while retaining a high pore volume.
• a powder is collected from the support, which can optionally be passed through a sieve to separate the grains of undesired size.
• This powder is subjected to calcination.
• the calcination has the function of extracting, at high temperature, the organic impurities from the powder. It is generally continued until the weight of the powder remains constant over time, while avoiding crystallization of the powder.
• the calcination can be carried out in air (preferably in dry air) in a fluidized bed at a temperature below the crystallization temperature of the powder.
• the temperature is generally from 300 to 1500 ° C, typically from 350 to 1000 ° C, preferably from 400 to 600 ° C.
• the process according to the invention makes it possible, by means of a single operating mode, to prepare supports for catalysts, containing mixed oxides of silicon, aluminum and / or phosphorus in a wide range of concentrations.
• the method according to the invention makes it possible to cover the entire ternary diagram between the composition of silica, alumina and aluminum phosphate.
• the appended figure represents this ternary diagram of the phases.
• the method according to the invention appears to be particularly effective for the manufacture of supports whose composition is located in the hatched part of said ternary phase diagram.
• the method according to the invention also allows incorporation into the support of a transition metal or an element such as boron.
• the method according to the invention makes it possible to prepare supports for catalysts in the amorphous state which have a very homogeneous dispersion of the constituents, and which have, in combination, a specific surface, a pore volume and resistance to crystallization which make them efficient in the polymerization of olefins.
• the support obtained by means of the process according to the invention finds a particularly advantageous application as a support for catalysts in the polymerization of olefins, the catalyst advantageously consisting of chromium oxide.
• the supports prepared by the method according to the invention for preparing a support are particularly effective because they allow obtaining catalysts for the manufacture of polyolefins whose melt index can vary to a large extent.
• the supports additionally containing titanium make it possible to obtain catalysts for the manufacture of polyolefins with good mechanical properties.
• the presence of titanium in the support makes it possible to obtain poly ⁇ olefins of very variable melt index.
• the invention therefore also relates to a catalyst for the polymerization of olefins containing chromium on a support obtained by means of the process according to the invention, defined above.
• the catalyst according to the invention can be obtained so known per se by impregnating the support powder with an aqueous or organic solution of a chromium compound, followed by drying in an oxidizing atmosphere.
• a chromium compound chosen from soluble salts such as oxides, acetate, chloride, sulphate, chromate and dichromate in aqueous solution, or such as acetylacetonate in organic solution.
• the impregnated support is usually activated by heating it to a temperature of 400 to 1000 ° C. to transform at least part of the chromium into hexavalent chromium.
• the catalyst according to the invention can also be obtained by means of a mechanical mixture of the powder of the support with a solid chromium compound, for example chromium acetylacetonate. Then, this mixture can be preactivated at a temperature lower than the melting temperature of the chromium compound before activating it conventionally as described above.
• a solid chromium compound for example chromium acetylacetonate
• the chromium compound can also be incorporated into the powder of the support during the manufacture of the latter or during the manufacture of the precursor gel of this support.
• it may for example be added, in part or in whole, to the acid solution of the aluminum compound and / or of the source of phosphate ions used in the second step of the process according to the invention.
• manufacture of a precursor gel so as to coprecipitate the chromium oxide simultaneously with the oxide of silicon, aluminum and / or phosphorus.
• the chromium compound can also be added to the precursor gel before or after it has matured.
• chromium is generally present in a proportion varying from 0.05 to 10% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 5% by weight, more particularly from 0.25 to 2% by weight. weight of chromium based on the total weight of the catalyst.
• the catalyst according to the invention appears to be particularly effective in the polymerization of olefins. Indeed, for this application, the catalyst according to the invention has all of the following advantages:
• polyolefins having: - a modular molecular weight distribution from medium to very wide for a given melt index, and
• the catalyst according to the invention can be used for the polymerization of olefins containing from 2 to 8 carbon atoms per molecule, and in particular, for the production of ethylene homopolymers or of copolymers of ethylene with one or more comonomers selected from the alpha-olefins described above.
• these comonomers are propylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 3-methyl-1-butene, 1-hexene, 3- and 4-methyl-1-pentenes and 1-octene.
• Diolefins comprising from 4 to 18 carbon atoms can also be copolymerized with ethylene.
• the diolefins are unconjugated aliphatic diolefins such as 4-vinylcyclohexene or alicyclic diolefins having an endocyclic bridge such as dicyclopentadiene, methylene- and ethylidene-norbornene, and conjugated aliphatic diolefins such as 1, 3-butadiene, isoprene and 1,3-pentadiene.
• unconjugated aliphatic diolefins such as 4-vinylcyclohexene or alicyclic diolefins having an endocyclic bridge such as dicyclopentadiene, methylene- and ethylidene-norbornene, and conjugated aliphatic diolefins such as 1, 3-butadiene, isoprene and 1,3-pentadiene.
• the catalyst according to the invention is particularly suitable for the manufacture of ethylene homopolymers and of copolymers containing at least 90% by weight, preferably at least 95% by weight of ethylene.
• the preferred comonomers are propylene, 1-butene, 1-hexene or 1-octene.
• the invention therefore also relates to a process for the polymerization of olefins as defined above, using a catalyst according to the invention.
• the polymerization can be carried out either in solution, in suspension in a hydrocarbon diluent or even in the gas phase. Good results are obtained in suspension polymerizations.
• the suspension polymerization is carried out in a hydrocarbon diluent such as aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and aromatic liquid hydrocarbons, at a temperature such that at least 80 X (preferably at least 90 X) of the polymer formed is insoluble therein.
• a hydrocarbon diluent such as aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and aromatic liquid hydrocarbons
• the preferred diluents are linear alkanes such as n-butane, n-hexane and n-heptane or branched alkanes such as isobutane, isopentane, iso ⁇ octane and 2,2-dimethylpropane or cycloalkanes such as cylcopentane and cyclohexane or their mixtures.
• the polymerization temperature is generally chosen between 20 and 200 ° C, preferably between 50 and 150 ° C, in particular between 80 and 115 ° C.
• the ethylene pressure is most often chosen between atmospheric pressure and 5 MPa, preferably between 0.4 and 2 MPa, more particularly between 0.6 and 1.5 MPa.
• the polymerization can be carried out continuously or batchwise, in a single reactor or in several reactors arranged in series, the polymerization conditions (temperature, possible comonomer content, possible hydrogen content, type of polymerization medium) in a reactor being different from those used in other reactors.
• SS specific surface of the support measured by the nitrogen penetration method according to the volumetric method of the British standard BS 4359/1 (1984).
• VP pore volume of the support, equal to the sum of the pore volume consisting of pores with a radius less than or equal to 75 ⁇ , measured by the method of nitrogen penetration according to the volumetric method of the British standard BS
• T c crystallization temperature determined by means of the method defined above.
• F0 fraction of oligomers of the polymer, expressed in grams of oligomers per kilo of polymer and measured by extraction with hexane at the boiling point of hexane.
• ⁇ catalytic activity expressed in grams of polymer, obtained per hour and per gram of catalyst used and divided by the partial pressure of the olefin expressed in bar.
• ⁇ ind induction time, expressed in minutes and defined as the time elapsed between the introduction of ethylene and the appearance of a decrease in pressure characteristic of the start of the polymerization.
• HLMI melt index of the polymer melted at 190 ° C, measured under a load of 21.6 kg and expressed in g / 10 min, according to standard ASTM D 1238 (1986).
• X ./- 2 ratio between the dynamic viscosity ( ⁇ IQ), expressed in dPa.s and measured at a speed gradient of 1 s- and at 190 ° C, and the dynamic viscosity ( ⁇ I2), expressed in dPa. s and measured at a speed gradient of 100 s ⁇ * and at 190 ° C.
• the suspension obtained in (a) was subjected to atomization by passage through a spraying orifice of 1 mm in diameter, inside an enclosure traversed by a current of a gas essentially containing nitrogen.
• the gas flow rate was adjusted so that its temperature dropped from 300 ° C, at the inlet of the enclosure, to a temperature of 80 to 100 ° C at the outlet thereof. After atomization, particles were collected whose moisture content is less than 1% by weight.
• the powder obtained in (b) was calcined in a fluidized bed under sweeping dry air, for 4 hours at 500 ° C.
• a powder was collected from a support whose composition (X molar of silica, alumina and aluminum phosphate), the specific surface, the pore volume and the crystallization temperature are shown in Table I. Table I
• the support obtained in B was mixed with chromium acetylacetoate in an amount such that the mixture comprises 0.7 X by weight of chromium. Then, the mixture thus obtained was treated in a fluidized bed at 150 ° C for 2 hours under dry air sweep. Then, it was calcined in the fluidized bed at 700 ° C for 5 hours under dry air, and the catalyst.

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